The stock market’s proverbial wall of worry is nice for stocks to climb, but what you really want is for investors to hide behind a wall.

Fear is a great motivator for the market. Stocks have been gaining steadily for the past four years — the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index
SPX, +0.59%
hit a record high on Thursday — but most investors have watched the action from the relative safety of bonds.

Now bonds and other safe-haven pillars are crumbling, and buyers are beginning to wade back into stocks. That’s a sign to be mindful of the herd’s movement. Improving confidence can propel the market into a new, bullish phase — but when you start hearing that “this time it’s different” and stocks can only go up, remember Yogi Berra’s quip: “No one goes there anymore. It’s too crowded.”

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Lights, camera, invest!

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